disinheriting

present participle of disinherit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinheriting
Verb
  • Effective budgeting and saving do not mean depriving yourself.
    True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The collateral damage caused by that saga has affected Newcastle’s early-season performances, depriving them of a senior centre-forward for the opening three games and generally generating toxicity.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Besides, usurping Jinkx Monsoon for Miss Piggy would fan the ferocious flames of backstage drama and turmoil (hmmm … Smash season-three idea).
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Can a President break that compact, without consequence, usurping police powers that were never his to begin with?
    Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Instead of stripping your skin, the new technology does the opposite, cramming nourishers and moisturizing ingredients into microscopic nano-size droplets that nudge themselves into the nooks and crannies of your skin.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Athletes are often defined by their times, medals, and records, but stripping back their impact to numbers can be reductive, particularly in Fraser-Pryce’s case.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Disinheriting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinheriting. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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